uniqueness the hotel tries to achieve, European The 18th century Prince Conti Hotel in the heart of the French Quarter stands just steps from the consummate and delicious decadence of Bourbon Street. What's more, guests are just around the corner from the artsy ambience of Jackson Square, where street performers, tarot card readers and other artists capture imaginations and pocket change. The hotel also is just four blocks from Preservation Hall, the legendary venue for New Orleans's most famous musical acts. When in the Big Easy, travelers forgo the restaurants they can easily patronize back home and dive into some of the world's best and most renown cuisines. At the Prince Conti, they can shout Way Hay] over authentic Creole and French cuisine while listening to nightly entertainment in the intimate Bombay Club Restaurant and Martini Bistro. The longtime meeting spot for locals also specializes in than 150 types of martinis. Guests also can start their mornings at Ms. D's Breakfast Café, also in the hotel. In keeping with this antiques, rich fabrics, wall coverings, pedestal sinks and high windows are hallmarks of the hotel's 76 individually decorated guest rooms. Some even have carved four poster beds and chairs that go back to Louis XVI. Their competitors mostly have chairs that go back to Sears. Meanwhile, the Prince Conti's petite lobby and bookcases give visitors the impression they've just stepped into a European pension. In addition, the hotel's smallness allows staff members to offer more personalized service than at the monolithic hotels whose names more readily roll off the tongues of tourists. Given all of this, plus its French Quarter location around the corner from Bourbon Street, the Prince Conti Hotel offers leisure travelers the quintessential New Orleans experience.